Sam Robinson

Writer

Sam Robinson is a sportswriter from Kansas City, Missouri. He primarily covers the NFL for Yardbarker. Moving from wildly injury-prone sprinter in the aughts to reporter in the 2010s, Sam set up camp in three time zones covering everything from high school water polo to Division II national championship games. He has since settled in as the husband of a track and field coach, concentrating on the NFL. Boasting an unhealthy interest in the league’s history and fashion trends, Sam is the lead writer for Pro Football Rumors and has written about the sport for Yardbarker since 2018. In addition to working as a writer/editor for a few newspapers – the Cleveland Plain Dealer and St. Joseph (Missouri) News-Press, to name two – in a former life that included some awkward awards-show hosting gigs thankfully inaccessible online, Sam has written about the Olympics for The Athletic.

EXPERTISE:

NFL, track and field, boxing

Twitter/X: @srobinson25

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May 17, 2022 | NFL

How quarterback instability has defined certain NFL teams

The Broncos, Colts, and Commanders are preparing to start their sixth Week 1 quarterback, respectively, in the past six seasons. That puts these franchises on rare terrain for QB turnover, but other teams have gone through similar stretches of passer instability.

May 17, 2022 | NFL

The best quarterback divisions in NFL history

With an aim to pinpoint when top talent crossed paths and when new arrivals created considerable depth, here are the Super Bowl era's best quarterback divisions.

May 16, 2022 | NFL

Ranking the receiving corps for every NFL team

No modern offseason has featured wide receiver shakeups like this year's when free-agent signings and trades transformed the market. After the seismic trades and another deep wideout draft altered almost every team's receiving corps, here is how each team's group stands entering the summer.

May 9, 2022 | NFL

Who are the top beneficiaries from the NFL offseason?

While trades, free-agent signings, and draft picks generated NFL headlines over the past several weeks, those moves produced ripple effects. Beneficiaries emerged as a result of teams' big-ticket transactions.

April 26, 2022 | NFL

The greatest NFL QBs to hail from smaller college programs

Here are the top QBs to come out of small schools -- be it low-level Division I programs or non-Division I schools -- in the common draft era (1967-present).

April 25, 2022 | NFL

Small-school players who became top-10 NFL draft picks

Here are the players from low-tier Division I schools, or programs outside the Division I-FBS level, that became top-10 picks in the NFL's common draft era (1967-present).

April 25, 2022 | NFL

Every NFL team's best second-round draft pick

Here is the best second-round pick each of the NFL's 32 teams has made in the common draft era (1967-present).

March 31, 2022 | NFL

The worst cap casualty decisions in NFL free agency history

The salary cap annually forces teams into tough decisions, leading to quality players unexpectedly becoming free agents. These cuts can come back to bite teams, with vets eager to prove their ex-employers wrong.

March 21, 2022 | NFL

The richest contract from each year of NFL free agency

Only deals given to players who changed teams qualify here.

March 9, 2022 | NFL

Replacing a franchise NFL QB is a monumentally difficult task

Various blueprints exist throughout NFL history of how to orchestrate quarterback transitions. Some have panned out, while the failures show how difficult this task can be.

March 9, 2022 | NFL

How every NFL team's QB situation currently stacks up

Days away from free agency, the NFL's quarterback carousel has finally begun to spin. While the Broncos made a transformative trade and the Packers locked down the reigning MVP, many teams still are trying to upgrade their QB situations; here is how the 32 stacks up going into the 2022 league year.

March 1, 2022 | NFL

Every team that has made two top-10 picks in the NFL draft

While extraordinarily uncommon in the modern NFL, select teams have made multiple top-10 picks in the same draft before. Here are the teams to do so since the common draft began in 1967.

February 15, 2022 | NFL

The best seasons by NFL defensive rookies

From sack records to players that impacted playoff teams' fortunes, here are the NFL's top defensive seasons from first-year performers.

February 14, 2022 | NFL

Super Bowl LVI grades

Here are the grades from the 2021 campaign's final Sunday.

February 11, 2022 | NFL

The best rookie performances in Super Bowl history

This group of rookies capitalized on a big-stage opportunity to close their first NFL seasons.

February 9, 2022 | NFL

The most unlikely Super Bowl teams

Here are the teams that join the latest Cincinnati squad in defying summer expectations to end their season in the NFL's finale.

February 8, 2022 | NFL

The change-of-scenery QBs who started the Super Bowl

Here are the QBs to have played elsewhere prior to starting in a Super Bowl.

January 31, 2022 | NFL

NFL Conference Championship Sunday grades

Narrowly missing out on a second Chiefs-49ers Super Bowl or a third 49ers-Bengals matchup, Super Bowl LVI will see a fresh pairing. The Bengals' record-tying upset booked their first Super Bowl appearance in 33 years, while the Rams' big-ticket acquisitions paid off to help end the 49ers' rivalry winning streak.